A fascinating class of locomotive which originally had nothing at all to do with the GWR, being built introduced in 1911 by Robinson for use on the Great Central Railway as part of the LNER 04 class. They were adopted by the Railway Operating Division of the Royal Engineers as a standard type for service during the First World War. 521 locomotives were built between 1917 and 1919 by many different locomotive builders, and a large number saw service in France. After the War some were acquired by the LNWR, some by the GCR and a number by the GWR. Those acquired by the GWR were refurbished with GWR fittings, but remained distinguishable from all other GWR 2-8-0s by having continuous splashers over the rear three driving wheels as well as GWR safety valve casing. 3023 survived until October 1955.

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